The town of Hampton, IA is a vibrant and thriving community with plenty to offer. Politically, the town is governed by a mayor and city council. The mayor is elected for four-year terms and the city council members are elected for two-year terms. The current mayor is Dan Muhlbauer who was elected in November 2019. The city council consists of six members: Pauline Jacobsen, Tim Litterer, Keith Mueller, Ryan Holterhaus, Andrea Millage and Dianna Peed. These seven people work together to make decisions that affect the entire community. Recently they have worked on projects such as upgrading sidewalks, investing in public safety programs and establishing green initiatives to help protect our environment. Local elections like this one help ensure that the people of Hampton are represented fairly and accurately when it comes time to making important decisions about their town.
The political climate in Hampton, IA is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, IA is very conservative. In Franklin County, IA 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hampton, IA is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, Iowa is very conservative.
Iowa is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Hampton, Iowa: R R d R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Hampton, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $3,732 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $11,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)